Can a foreign laboratory report be used directly for the specific Chinese submission under consideration?
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Can a foreign laboratory report be used directly for the specific Chinese submission under consideration?
Whether a foreign laboratory report can be used for a particular Chinese submission is decided by the authority that receives it.
The air-filter reports the company cites include LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J; the LMS Technologies Pine-Needle Smoke Report LMS#10471 of 20 October 2025, measured as single-pass fractional efficiency in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct; and Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011, under ISO 16890. Certificate No. 15.06.011 covers a ten-pocket bag filter, not a flat panel filter, and Report 6847 is on a 24 × 24 × 30 in. pocket filter; a rating belongs to the construction that was tested. Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, tested a nonwoven filter medium against influenza A virus (H3N2) under ISO 18184:2014. The published Terms of Use state: “A reported result describes only what the identified test found.” General enquiries go to [email protected]. Certificate No. 15.06.011 can be looked up at source in the Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory.
Source: LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J; LMS Technologies, Inc., Pine-Needle Smoke Report LMS#10471, 20 October 2025, single-pass fractional efficiency in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct; Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011, ISO 16890; C-POLAR — Terms of Use, https://cpolar.tech/terms/; C-POLAR — Validation, https://cpolar.tech/validation/; Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026, https://www.eurovent-certification.com/; Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014. A copy may be made available on our review of the request.
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- LMS Technologies, Report LMS#9904, 28 April 2025, a single-pass fractional efficiency test on a 24 × 24 × 2 in. pleated air filter in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct, in accordance with standard LMS aerosol test procedures, and Report 6847, ASHRAE 52.2 with Appendix J
- LMS Technologies, Inc., Pine-Needle Smoke Report LMS#10471, 20 October 2025, single-pass fractional efficiency in an ASHRAE 52.2 test duct
- Eurovent Certita Certification, Certificate No. 15.06.011, ISO 16890
- C-POLAR — Terms of Use
- C-POLAR — Validation
- Eurovent Certita Certification certified product directory, read 19 September 2026
- Guangdong Detection Center of Microbiology, Report 2020FM20686R01E, 13 August 2020, ISO 18184:2014